THEME EXPLORATION

vintage advertising

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gilette Commercial
Gilette Commercial
1967 · Chuck Jones
El arte del tabaco
El arte del tabaco
1974 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Fiat Croma
Fiat Croma
2005 · Paolo Sorrentino
Stampede Country
Stampede Country
1972 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Juvenizer
The Juvenizer
1981 · King Hu
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
1972 · Albert Brooks
It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You
1954 · George Cukor
Electro show
Electro show
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
JRA CM
JRA CM
1973 · Shuji Terayama
Labor Party election commercials
Labor Party election commercials
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Les Affiches en goguette
Les Affiches en goguette
1906 · Georges Méliès
Missoni
Missoni
2010 · Kenneth Anger
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His films obsessively deconstruct mid-century American advertising aesthetics, consumer culture, and the dark underbelly of vintage Americana through dreamlike visual language.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His cinematography fetishizes neon signage, vintage typography, and retro advertising from 1960s Hong Kong, transforming commercial aesthetics into poetic visual narratives.

 Jacques Tati France

His films satirize modern advertising and consumerism through meticulously composed scenes that critique how vintage and contemporary commercial culture shapes human behavior and urban spaces.